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Dr. Vickie Mays

@drvickiemays

UCLA Distinguished Prof Depts of Psych and Health Policy & Management Fielding Schl of Public Health, Adv to Chancellor, Scientist, Researcher, Data Warrior

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linkhttp://www.minorityhealthdisparities.org calendar_today08-09-2014 03:19:18

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Special Open Access American Journal of Public Health on Mortality---lots of great pieces on solutions and equity policies around death data in police shootings, COVID-19, deaths in legal custody, and ways to make sure everyone's death is counted & counts! ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/111/S2

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To Save Lives, We Need to Improve the Measurement of Death V.M. Mays S.D. Cochran (full article see AJPH) Public health’s fundamental mandate is to protect and improve the human condition. It does so at the individual, community,…lnkd.in/gKmamiQ lnkd.in/gWbDsGp

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LEGAL INTERVENTIONS/SHOOTING DEATHS OF BLACK MEN Our new study looking at the death narratives and coding of police shootings of Black and White men, found that "Black men shot through legal intervention means were younger and less…lnkd.in/gJngBYf lnkd.in/gXcF7ay

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👏🏿 👏🏾 👏🏽 to Oakes College Founding Provost and Professor Emeritus of Sociology J. Herman Blake as he receives the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology from the American Sociology Association. 💯 💯 go.ucsc.edu/jblake

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Happy to Announce Receipt of an Award from the UCLA Institute for Digital Research & Education to develop a workshop on "The Importance of the Collection, Classification and Disaggregation of Race/Ethnicity Data for Better Estimates and Outcomes " Will h…lnkd.in/g9cYCGuF

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Grief I did an interview today with KCBS News Anchor Liz Saint John on the Prolonged Grief Disorder that is predicted to occur. In a Scientific American article May 2021 it i estimated that we could see a qua…lnkd.in/gBydjMC5 lnkd.in/g5WrRqdM

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Educating Before Vaccinating: Understanding the Concerns of Black Americans about COVID-19 in the Service of Decision-Making for Self and Others---Free Webinar--Tomorrow 10 PST/1 PM EST Dear Colleagues, I will be presenting a webinar tomorrow that is s…lnkd.in/g6Fxn9Se

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Calling all Black graduates/attendees of UCLA! We are looking for you. One of my roles at UCLA is as a Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Black Life. I am looking for former Black graduate/undergraduate students of UCLA. We are going to feature 100…lnkd.in/gXpDUQTX

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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is tomorrow August 3rd this year. Black women must work + 214 days to match White, non-Hispanic men's avg pay in 2020. Black women on avg make 63 cents for every $1.00 paid to White men. Worst in academia when you add unpaid "cultural tax" labor!

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Tomorrow is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day! August 3rd is selected because it takes an additional 214 days of work for Black women's pay to match that of white, non-Hispanic men based on 2020 data. When you reflect on this and the recent article that cam…lnkd.in/gCg-wmAe

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COVID-19 Data Inequities Sharing 2 papers out Thursday in AJPH. One is heartbreaking as we are not addressing what is happening to Blk children/adolescents who lost their only caregiver, the other outrageous for AI/AN accessing their data. See Tables! #covid #INDIGENOUS #BLM

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Honored to be among the esteemed 100 Blackbio colleagues. From FDA to White House to CMS, BlackBio100 impacts life science blackbusinessmonth.com/f/from-fda-to-… via johnwilliamtempleton

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The 90-50-25 Recognition of the USPHS Study of Untreated Syphilis in Negro Men in Tuskegee. I was honored and privileged to participate and give a keynote presentation in the annual meeting of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics i…lnkd.in/gHZrPZH3

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American Journal of Public Health Call for Papers--Special Issue on Mental Health--Papers Due February 26th      American Journal of Public Health Special Issue on Mental Health In the recent years even pre-COVID there has been a growing concern about…lnkd.in/gkZtJ2q3

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Speaking truth to power can be lonely but not this time as we got you. Just let the squad know if there are particular things we can do to support you!

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The invisible keeps being made visible. I wonder how many tenure cases would have benefited from taking these factors into account. I am sharing it for all to use. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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If you're interested in the measurement of suicide consider attending the National Academy Workshop:: Approaches to Improve the Measurement of Suicide in Law Enforcement in the United States. It is April 25th and 25th virtual and…lnkd.in/gmZD2vHN lnkd.in/gwcyRAVU

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Thanks to APS for 2024 James Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship in psychological research that advances psychologicalscience.org/members/awards…